Giovanni 9:29

29 Noi sappiamo che Iddio ha parlato a Mosè; ma, quant’è a costui, non sappiamo onde egli sia.

Giovanni 9:29 Meaning and Commentary

John 9:29

We know that God spoke to Moses
Out of the bush, and told him who he was, and sent him to deliver the children of Israel out of Egyptian bondage, and spoke the ten words, or law unto him, and by him delivered them to the children of Israel, and to whom he spake face to face, as a man does to his friend, and mouth to mouth, and not in dark sayings; they mean, they knew that Moses had his mission, commission, and credentials from God:

but as for this fellow;
so they contemptuously called the Lord Jesus Christ,

we know not from whence he is;
contradicting what others of them had said, ( John 7:27 ) . They imagined they knew the country from whence he came, which they supposed to be Galilee, and the place where he was born, which they concluded was Nazareth; though in both they were in the wrong; and they knew his parents, Joseph and Mary, and his brethren and sisters; but as to his divine filiation, they knew nothing of it; nor would they own his mission, commission, and credentials to be from heaven; and pretended they had no reason to conclude they were.

Giovanni 9:29 In-Context

27 Egli rispose loro: Io ve l’ho già detto, e voi non l’avete ascoltato; perchè volete udirlo di nuovo? volete punto ancora voi divenir suoi discepoli?

28 Perciò essi l’ingiuriarono, e dissero: Sii tu discepolo di colui; ma, quant’è a noi, siam discepoli di Mosè.

29 Noi sappiamo che Iddio ha parlato a Mosè; ma, quant’è a costui, non sappiamo onde egli sia.

30 Quell’uomo rispose, e disse loro: V’è ben di vero da maravigliarsi in ciò che voi non sapete onde egli sia; e pure egli mi ha aperti gli occhi.

31 Or noi sappiamo che Iddio non esaudisce i peccatori; ma, se alcuno è pio verso Iddio, e fa la sua volontà, quello esaudisce egli.